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Gordie Howe International Bridge border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Gordie Howe International Bridge, from Windsor, Ontario into Detroit, Michigan, by car and on foot, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest.

Cars, standard lanes
5 min
Cars, NEXUS
No wait
Cars, Ready Lane
Closed
Walking, standard lanes
Closed
Walking, Ready Lane
Closed
Posted by CBP
Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 24 hours. Up to 21 car lanes. Up to 2 pedestrian lanes. CBP port number 380102.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Monday at 12 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Saturday at 4 PM (15 min on average).

On foot, usually quickest on Monday at 8 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Wednesday at 2 PM (3 min).

Every lane Now and usually

LaneNowOpenUsualReadings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes5 min34 min523
Cars, NEXUSNo wait32 min269
Cars, Ready LaneClosed——2
Walking, standard lanesClosed—1 min231
Walking, Ready LaneClosed——0

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. NEXUS is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 AM0002110
1 AM0000020
2 AM0000020
3 AM0000002
4 AM0000010
5 AM2200300
6 AM5225420
7 AM5659522
8 AM7586720
9 AM5578583
10 AM102585105
11 AM5255755
12 PM526441212
1 PM735471312
2 PM72215810
3 PM502481010
4 PM522271510
5 PM3322955
6 PM521771012
7 PM50006149
8 PM3222337
9 PM0011388
10 PM2232345
11 PM0201282
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 4 min, from 523 readings.

On foot: usual wait by day and hour Walking, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
8 AM0002200
9 AM2001222
10 AM0002222
11 AM0002202
12 PM0002222
1 PM0201222
2 PM2030022
3 PM0000212
4 PM0000000
5 PM0000020
6 PM0000020
7 PM0000020
8 PM·····0·
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 1 min, from 231 readings.

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

CrossingBy carOn footPosted
Detroit Ambassador Bridge No wait — Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT
Detroit–Windsor Tunnel No wait — Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT
Port Huron Blue Water Bridge No wait — Oct 30, 6:00 AM EST
Sault Ste. Marie – International Bridge - SSM No wait — Oct 29, 9:00 AM EDT old

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

HourAverageBar
12 AM1 min
1 AM0 min
2 AM0 min
3 AM0 min
4 AM0 min
5 AM1 min
6 AM3 min
7 AM6 min
8 AM6 min
9 AM6 min
10 AM6 min
11 AM5 min
12 PM6 min
1 PM7 min
2 PM5 min
3 PM5 min
4 PM6 min
5 PM4 min
6 PM6 min
7 PM4 min
8 PM3 min
9 PM3 min
10 PM3 min
11 PM2 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

30 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Gordie Howe International Bridge

How long is the wait at Gordie Howe International Bridge right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT), the line by car (standard lanes) was 5 min. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Monday at 12 AM and longest on Saturday at 4 PM. On foot it’s usually shortest on Monday at 8 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does NEXUS save?

Over the last 30 days the NEXUS line averaged 2 min, against 4 min in the standard lanes.

When is it open?

24 hours a day.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.

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